Bill Text: NY S00482 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes United States citizens currently residing outside the United States whose last residence in the United States was in the state of New York to vote in certain federal elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S00482 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00482-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           482

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

        AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  United
          States  citizens  currently  residing  outside the United States whose
          last residence in the United States was in the state of  New  York  to
          vote in certain federal elections

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11-200 of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  99  of  the  laws  of  1989, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1. Every citizen of the United States now residing outside the  United
     5  States whose last domicile in the United States immediately prior to his
     6  departure  from the United States was in the state of New York, shall be
     7  entitled to vote from such last domicile, as a special federal voter  in
     8  all  primary,  special  and  general elections for the public offices or
     9  party positions of president and vice-president of  the  United  States,
    10  United  States  senator,  representative  in  congress and delegates and
    11  alternate delegates to a national convention, provided such citizen,  at
    12  the  time  of  such departure from the United States, could have met all
    13  the present qualifications of this chapter to vote in federal  elections
    14  from  such last domicile, except the qualification with respect to mini-
    15  mum voting age, even though such citizen does not now maintain  a  place
    16  of abode or domicile in the state of New York, and provided further that
    17  such  citizen  does  not  maintain  a place of abode or domicile, is not
    18  registered to vote and is not voting in any other  election  district[,]
    19  or  state[,  territory  or possession of the United States] and provided
    20  further that such citizen has a valid passport or card of  identity  and
    21  registration issued under the authority of the secretary of state of the
    22  United States.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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